We usually don’t cover red carpet events, but this outfit was too interesting not to write about it.
Yesterday Lana Del Rey attended the Golden Globes 2015, where she was nominated for her Big Eyes song from the Tim Burton movie soundtrack. She stunned the audience wearing a vintage Travilla baby blue dress, a dress I would have identified with my eyes closed.
William Travilla designed most of the costumes worn by Marilyn Monroe in her films, including the infamous gold pleated dress, originally intended to appear in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). In the movie you can see the dress from behind: it was considered too racy because of its plunging neckline, so it didn’t get a front shot.
By the way, Marilyn wore it at a photoshoot with Ed Clark and to receive an award from Photoplay Magazine, thus disappointing the costume designer, who thought the dress was for a movie, not for a public appearance. The dress was created out of a single complete circle of gold lame and sunburst pleated. Every pleat lines up with the back seam and there is an iron V build in the centre of the dress from the waist to the bust, creating the moulding effect.
This isn’t the only pleated evening dress Travilla designed, but it’s definitely the most famous.
